Senior Data Analyst — Data Insights & Dashboards (SLC)

Western Governors University; Graebers Post Office Addition (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Governors University is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to translate complex data into actionable insights that influence strategy and improve university operations. You will partner with leaders, design scalable BI solutions, and empower stakeholders with data-driven decisions.

This role focuses on data governance, dashboards, ETL collaboration, and storytelling to drive strategic initiatives. Five years of analytics experience, advanced SQL, and Python or R are required, with bonus if

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• 5 years of related experience in Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics, Decision Intelligence, Research, Learning Science, or Behavioral/Cognitive Psychology.
• Advanced SQL proficiency, including complex queries, subqueries, joins, aggregations, CTEs, window functions, performance tuning, views, and data modification statements.
• Proficiency in Python or R, with ability to automate, transform, analyze, and manage data workflows.
• Strong experience building, managing, and maintaining business intelligence solutions, dashboards, and reporting environments.
• Experience translating analytical findings into business recommendations and guiding stakeholders through strategic decisions and improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders, faculty, and cross‑functional teams to understand business needs, translate user stories into technical requirements, and deliver analytics solutions that drive action.
• Answer complex business questions by leveraging data from multiple domains and identifying the most appropriate data sources to support analysis, forecasting, research, and experimentation.
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize dashboards, reports, and business intelligence solutions that provide meaningful insights to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to support the development of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and scalable analytics solutions.
• Analyze and investigate complex data issues, improving the accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability of university data assets.
• Communicate findings through compelling data storytelling, visualizations, presentations, and recommendations that influence decision‑making.
• Contribute to data governance, documentation, data modeling, and the continuous improvement of analytics tools, standards, and best practices.

Skills

Advanced SQL proficiency

Python or R

BI solutions experience

Data storytelling

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Western Governors University is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to translate complex data into actionable insights that influence strategy and improve university operations. You will partner with leaders, design scalable BI solutions, and empower stakeholders with data-driven decisions.

This role focuses on data governance, dashboards, ETL collaboration, and storytelling to drive strategic initiatives. Five years of analytics experience, advanced SQL, and Python or R are required, with bonus if